Zodiac Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/...ing-abroad.html "British taxpayers are funding child benefit payments for 37,900 children who live in Poland" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 And this has what to do with Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodiac Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) And this has what to do with Thailand? With respect it obviously has everything to do with Thailand. Brits are fed up with the mis use of their tax money, so they come to settle and live in Thailand to get away from the unfair tax system in the UK. Edited November 1, 2009 by Zodiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 this is mad.... i never knew this? but i have just been taxed 1K GBP this month and not happy about it !, and to knowthink this is where my money is going ...... maybe back to thailand me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R123 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 And to try to stop the english flying to LOS the tax mad government in the Brit Isles from today are hiking up the cost of air travel to Thailand and elsewhere , see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/8336373.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangBuddha Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) With respect it obviously has everything to do with Thailand. Brits are fed up with the mis use of their tax money, so they come to settle and live in Thailand to get away from the unfair tax system in the UK. So that they can support Thai children instead...same same but different I guess Edited November 1, 2009 by FarangBuddha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I really don't see that £30 less to spend because of tax increases in economy is going to have a major effect on flights to Thailand........ Business travel is occasionally just a jolly, especially with modern day comunication techniques, this travel will be set against company profits and therefore deprive the tax system of revenue....so to discourage this why not tax at source? For genuine business and first class travellers......keep it coming.....allows cheaper tickets for us economy class travellers.....thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumball Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Beat me to the punch about claiming support for children born in Thailand , often out of wedlock , but at least some of those Poles are working in the UK and paying taxes in all sorts of ways other than on income . I have always been more concerned about government employees who pay NO taxes , they just give back some of that which they stole from the contributions of the working masses . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) Is the benefit not largely paid through tax relief? therefore for the wage earner usual UK taxes are applicable? Is there not a benefit in the wife and children not being provided with education, healthcare, etc in the UK....just a thought..... Anybody tried to claim for children who are UK nationals living in Thailand? Edited November 1, 2009 by 473geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 This is old News. if all the knockers of the UK stayed and made there voice hared through the ballot box then maybe The UK would be an even better place than it is. its OK thinking Thailand is the land Of milk an honey, get yourself away from the degradation of Pattaya and go look at the real Thailand , with its starving people inequality, racism, I like the real Thailand with its people who live the real Thai way,I don't compareThe UK with a small piece of Thailand take a look at the bigger pictour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto21 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 this is mad.... i never knew this?but i have just been taxed 1K GBP this month and not happy about it !, and to knowthink this is where my money is going ...... maybe back to thailand me thinks Just had to say mate, I like the David Brent.... spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabcbroon Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 And this has what to do with Thailand? It is of great interest to us Brits living in Thailand - obvious I would have thought! Also read the title of the post, as a mod i am sure you can see the blatently obvious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oh the irony! Immigrants complaining about immigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 me thinks,one should not throw stones in greenhouses,considering the number of uk guys in los,claiming benifits illegely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 me thinks,one should not throw stones in greenhouses,considering the number of uk guys in los,claiming benifits illegely. And how many is that exactly? Another beer bar expert methinks. Try reading a newspaper instead of looking at the pictures in the 'sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 me thinks,one should not throw stones in greenhouses,considering the number of uk guys in los,claiming benifits illegely. How do you do that then....Sign on by email? Or just send 'em a postcard every fortnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook2me Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oh the irony! Immigrants complaining about immigration. The difference being that the immigrants here complaining are supporting themselves and maybe a family too as there is no welfare system so why would the natives complain as we are barred from doing many jobs and only put money into the pot... If there was no welfare system in the UK do you think we would be having this conversation and do you think the little old island would be at bursting point with immigrants.... probably not IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oh the irony! Immigrants complaining about immigration. The difference being that the immigrants here complaining are supporting themselves and maybe a family too as there is no welfare system so why would the natives complain as we are barred from doing many jobs and only put money into the pot... If there was no welfare system in the UK do you think we would be having this conversation and do you think the little old island would be at bursting point with immigrants.... probably not IMHO. It might not be at bursting point with immigrants (how do you define bursting point btw?) if there were no welfare system, but it would be back to the deprivation and poverty of the 1920's/30's rickets,hunger, high infant mortality, little or no education for the poor, exploitation by employers, slum landlords. People forget the reason why we have a welfare system is because we needed one. Our country treated it's poor and unemployed in a terrible way and even if it is abused by some that is no reason to punish people by removing it altogether. Crime rates, murder, theft, exploitation, drugs, prostitution, all of which are problems now, would increase exponentially if there was no welfare system. Modern European countries cannot operate sustainably without some kind of safety net for their populations. The Daily Mail will rot your brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumfoord Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/...ing-abroad.html "British taxpayers are funding child benefit payments for 37,900 children who live in Poland" what makes you think you would be welcome in thailand if you are a xenophobic prick. TVforum isn't your local village pub back home, (in theory) this is expat forum is somekind of international community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicbr Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) Rumsfoord. Not sure where you coming from with "xenophobic prick" I think the OP has a relevant point in his posting. Do YOU not think it strange that the British tax payer are funding Child benefit for children not living in the UK and NOT even Uk citizens. BUT yet a British citizen with a family in Thailand receive nothing. Fair No, EU rule yes. And as the UK pretty much rolls over to Brussels things will get worse. Edited November 1, 2009 by thaicbr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Intersting, but not really related to Thailand depsite the word "Thailand" being inserted in the thread title. //CLOSED// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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